5.5

CVE-2026-43432

usb: xhci: Fix memory leak in xhci_disable_slot()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: xhci: Fix memory leak in xhci_disable_slot()

xhci_alloc_command() allocates a command structure and, when the
second argument is true, also allocates a completion structure.
Currently, the error handling path in xhci_disable_slot() only frees
the command structure using kfree(), causing the completion structure
to leak.

Use xhci_free_command() instead of kfree(). xhci_free_command() correctly
frees both the command structure and the associated completion structure.
Since the command structure is allocated with zero-initialization,
command->in_ctx is NULL and will not be erroneously freed by
xhci_free_command().

This bug was found using an experimental static analysis tool we are
developing. The tool is based on the LLVM framework and is specifically
designed to detect memory management issues. It is currently under
active development and not yet publicly available, but we plan to
open-source it after our research is published.

The bug was originally detected on v6.13-rc1 using our static analysis
tool, and we have verified that the issue persists in the latest mainline
kernel.

We performed build testing on x86_64 with allyesconfig using GCC=11.4.0.
Since triggering these error paths in xhci_disable_slot() requires specific
hardware conditions or abnormal state, we were unable to construct a test
case to reliably trigger these specific error paths at runtime.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 4.19.221 < 4.20
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.4.165 < 5.5
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.10.85 < 5.10.253
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.15.8 < 5.15.203
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 6.1.167
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.130
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.12.78
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.13 < 6.18.19
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.19 < 6.19.9
LinuxLinux Kernel Version7.0 Updaterc1
LinuxLinux Kernel Version7.0 Updaterc2
LinuxLinux Kernel Version7.0 Updaterc3
LinuxLinux Kernel Version7.0 Updaterc4
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.12% 0.024
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e800e26d54ccf2ddf2ea6d6cbe021c804d8aa62
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6288baf0c8c4dcfbf206773aede9c1f2269cec28
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46aea90763832cd6e9b0c2e1c00e6a9512156d4b
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e2baa8fb5aa4d080cbfeb84c51eff797529f413
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/807e4fb5140c73eb5dba1e399a990db5c1f3cdf8
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c65f1b840ab8ce72ba68f1b63bab7960f8fdfa89
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/078b446efc0f5e496c31bccb72b98af979963a83
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1c8550e70401159184130a1afc6261db01fc0ce
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